St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-03-20
PICTU RI S IN DEMAND.

what an English PhOt0g rap her
Has 10 Say OH the Subject.
Pail Mall Budget.
Il suppose there has been great demand
for Lord lddesleigh's photo?"s .rs1
eS, and the more so, because his death
was SO sudden. When public man dies
there is sure to be great run upon his por-
traits. Even after the death of such a man
as Darwin there was a rapid sale, while
within week of Fred ArcherS death we
sold tremendous number of his portraits.
remember the time of the Prince I'M
peral's death best, however The people
thronged round the counter four deep, and
many Frenchmen came over In order to
purchase portraits. Another curious cir
cumstance is that when the leaders of a
political party go out of Office there is an
immediate check 10 the sale of their por-
traits. On the other hand there is cor
responding increase in the portraits sold of
their rivals as soon as they take ofiice.'',
do Mr.. Gladst0ne'S features attract the
most purchasers"
NO think royalty must take the palm.
The queen, of course, comes first, and then
the Prince and Princess of Wales. The
Americans especially are large buyers of
portraits of the royal family. But on the
whole, think you are right in supposing
the sale of these photographs to be bar
Ometer OF the rising or waning popularity
of celebrated parsonage"
Il suppose more portraits are bought of
actors and actresses than of any other class
of celebrities?''
No, L don't think SO. l know that the
latest portraits Of actors and actresses in
character attract the most attention in the
window. But don't think that through
out the year we sell more portraits OF them
than OF any other class of celebrities A
good many portraits of the most beautiful
of our actresses are bought as copies for
painting by ladies' And then there is
sometimes great run upon particular
actor OF actress. For instance. some time
ago we could not supply enough portraits
OF Mary Anderson, but now we sell very
few
Il see you have pictures of whole
company i'll the act Of playing in a certain
scene of a play. l suppose you would
have to go to the theater to take these pho
tographs?"
mo. we should not get the light at the
theater. The various members of COM
pany come and dress here, and place them
selves in their proper positions in large
room up stairs preparatory to being taken.
1t is now becoming general practice to
take photographs of certain scenes in sue
cessful play. and during the run of the
piece very large numbers are sold. Jim
the Penman,' The harbor Lights, Turned
Up have all been taken in this way, and
we are about to take David Garrick.'''
do you ever find any difficulty in obtain
ing photograph you desile?"
NO, not at all. When anybody becomes
famous an application will always procure
sitting, and the most distinguished men
are always ready to sit when a new portrait
is required"
After abiding to popular actress who
had expressed her great regret that. in her
youthful innocence she had parted with her
likeness without asking for payment, we
inquired whether the portrait of famous
actresses were really so costly = '''" ~,
There is great deal of eXaggeration in
the matter. Some ladies on the stage will
not give us sitting without payment but
l know, from my own knowledge, that
nothing like the price has been paid for a
sitting as in some cases has been stated.
OF course, it is but natural that pretty girls
should like to exaggerate the money value
of their faces"